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BAA responds to the Competition Appeal Tribunal

Airport news / 1 February 2012 /

BAA lodged an appeal with the Competition Appeal Tribunal against the Competition Commission’s requirement to sell Stansted airport. The appeal tribunal was conducted on 5, 6 and 7 December 2011 and the final decision of the tribunal was announced today, 1 February 2012. The tribunal concluded BAA was not successful and the original decision made by the Competition Commission to sell Stansted should be upheld.

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December 2011 traffic figures – BAA’s airports

Airport news / 11 January 2012 /

BAA announces December 2011 and calendar year 2011 traffic figures

BAA’s airports served just over 8 million passengers in December, an increase of 12.7% on the same month in 2010. This increase was mainly attributable to the impact of snow in December 2010. After adjusting for the snow, passenger numbers were up 0.6%, better than the underlying performance in October (-1.3%) and November (-1.6%).

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November traffic figures – BAA’s airports

Airport news / 12 December 2011 /

BAA’s airports served a total of 7.8 million passengers in November; a drop of 0.9% compared with the same month last year. The comparison with last year is complicated by weather related disruptions in both years and the UKBA strike on 30 November 2011. Adjusting for these factors, traffic is estimated to have declined 1.6% across the group.

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October Traffic figures – BAA’s airports

Airport news / 11 November 2011 /

BAA saw an overall softening in demand in October after seven months of continuous growth, reflecting weakness in wider economic conditions. Passenger numbers at BAA airports fell by 1.3% during October 2011 compared with the same month the previous year. Domestic traffic fell by 9.9%, offset by increases in European scheduled and North Atlantic traffic of 1.2% and 1.1% respectively.

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London Stansted responds to the Government’s consultation to develop a sustainable framework for UK aviation

Airport news / 24 October 2011 /

London Stansted Airport has the space and permission to serve 35 million passengers a year on the existing single runway – and has the available capacity to help serve point-to-point demand in the capacity constrained south-east airports system.

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BAA to sell Edinburgh Airport

Airport news / 19 October 2011 /

Following the Competition Commission’s decision requiring BAA to sell either Edinburgh or Glasgow airport, BAA is today announcing that it has decided to sell Edinburgh Airport.

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Response to Competition Commission announcement

Airport news / 7 October 2011 /

The Competition Commission has announced that it has accepted a proposal from BAA to reverse the order of sales in its decision requiring BAA to sell Stansted followed by either Edinburgh or Glasgow airport.

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August 2011 traffic figures – BAA’s airports

Airport news / 12 September 2011 /

Heathrow handled 6.6 million passengers in August 2011, up 0.7% on the previous year and the airport’s busiest ever August. In another August record, an impressive 82.2% of seats were filled on Heathrow flights.

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BAA (SP) Limited results for the six months ended 30 June 2011

Airport news / 27 July 2011 /

BAA (SP) Limited owns BAA’s two London airports of Heathrow and Stansted. Throughout this document, BAA (SP) Limited and its subsidiaries are referred to as the Group. BAA (SH) plc is the parent company of BAA (SP) Limited. (more…)

BAA response to Competition Commission decision

Airport news / 19 July 2011 /

BAA Chief Executive Colin Matthews said:

“We are dismayed that the Competition Commission’s final decision still requires BAA to sell Stansted and either Glasgow or Edinburgh airport. The Competition Commission has not recognised that the world and BAA have changed. This decision would damage our company which is investing strongly in UK jobs and growth. We have a responsibility to protect our shareholders’ investment and we will now consider a judicial review of the Competition Commission’s decision.”

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June 2011 traffic figures – BAA’s airports

Airport news / 11 July 2011 /

BAA’s six airports handled a total of 9.9 million passengers during June, up 4.4%. Heathrow saw its busiest June on record, with 6.1 million passengers travelling through the airport last month, 6.3% above the previous year. June 2010 saw some impact from industrial action at British Airways. Removing the effects of this, Heathrow achieved underlying growth of around 3.8%.

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May 2011 traffic figures – BAA’s airports

Airport news / 13 June 2011 /

BAA’s six airports handled 9.3 million passengers last month, the busiest ever May for Heathrow (5.9 million) and Edinburgh (826,000). The two airports also saw their busiest ever Spring (March, April and May).

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BAA welcomes response to transport Select Committee report

Airport news / 12 May 2011 /

BAA welcomes the Committee’s conclusion that the Government should play a greater role in providing investment and coordination during weather-related disruption to the UK transport network.

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BAA improving Heathrow with outsourced IT services

Airport news / 12 April 2011 /

SITA, the world’s leading specialist in air transport communications and IT solutions, today announced that it has joined the consortium led by Capgemini UK plc to provide core IT services to all six BAA-owned UK airports including London Heathrow, the UK’s only hub airport, in a €120 million outsourcing deal.

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March traffic figures – BAA’s airports

Airport news / 11 April 2011 /

BAA Airports report continued growth.

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